1.   Because the patent is pending, that information still is confidential.

2.   A third patent is pending.

3.   He refuses to say what the additive is, because patents are pending.

4.   Several more patents are pending, and the entire patent portfolio has been licensed to Acadian Sea Plants Ltd., based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

5.   The patent is pending.

6.   While the patent was pending, Color Kinetics had already been selling products.

7.   While the patent was pending, she formed a company, Designer Sports, to develop her business.

8.   Nuytten said the Remora, for which patents are pending, is an offshoot of Newtsuit technology.